Petty Theft in the Cabin
Apr 27, 2012, 6:21 pm
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Petty Theft in the Cabin
...and I do mean petty, which is why it was so astonishing.
I brought a bag of chocolate candy to my seat, and even offered a piece to my seatmate. Put same in seat pocket in front of me, and settled back for the flight. (JFK - LAX).
Got up to use the loo and on my return, seatmate was just completing the act of taking my candy out of said pocket and putting it into her purse.
Seatmate was well dressed and the purse, not one I could easily afford.
Poll: were it possible to do without depressurizing the cabin, should I have thrown her out the window? Terrorism is terrorism, but this was chocolate theft....
I brought a bag of chocolate candy to my seat, and even offered a piece to my seatmate. Put same in seat pocket in front of me, and settled back for the flight. (JFK - LAX).
Got up to use the loo and on my return, seatmate was just completing the act of taking my candy out of said pocket and putting it into her purse.
Seatmate was well dressed and the purse, not one I could easily afford.
Poll: were it possible to do without depressurizing the cabin, should I have thrown her out the window? Terrorism is terrorism, but this was chocolate theft....
Apr 27, 2012, 6:43 pm
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i am a big believer in immediate "resolution" -- e.g., OMG -- why are you taking my chocolate and putting it in your purse?
You have a lot more self control then I do.....
You have a lot more self control then I do.....
Apr 27, 2012, 7:08 pm
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Apr 27, 2012, 7:11 pm
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OMG what did you do/say?
I'm sometimes so shocked and astonished by these brazen acts of uncivility that I can't actually say or do anything constructive. I just can't fathom that people would do such things!
I'm sometimes so shocked and astonished by these brazen acts of uncivility that I can't actually say or do anything constructive. I just can't fathom that people would do such things!
Apr 27, 2012, 7:24 pm
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sorry Jerry, took me a while to appreciate your pun as I didn't at first realize that 'Payday' is a brand of candy bar ....very good by the way (your pun, not the candy bar which I have yet to try)
Last edited by simpleflyer; Apr 27, 2012 at 7:33 pm
Apr 27, 2012, 7:30 pm
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I spent the next several minutes wondering if LAX security would be sympathetic (I don't mean to my reporting her, I mean to my throwing her out the window....)
Last edited by simpleflyer; Apr 28, 2012 at 10:47 am
Apr 27, 2012, 7:31 pm
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Apr 27, 2012, 7:34 pm
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Perhaps you should write a note " To whom it may concern, to solve the case of the missing choco bar..you are invited to appear on the Jerry Springer Show". And wrap it another choco bar for her to pilfer it !!
Apr 27, 2012, 8:13 pm
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Please, I must insist on accuracy. This was no mere bar, but a bag of chocolate candy meant to sustain me for not just an entire flight, but a trip. For strictly medicinal purposes only, I might add.
Landice, oddly enough, she became very preoccupied with her book upon my return. Wish I'd thought of NEWEXP's idea.
I thought really, though, what is the objective for this person (aside from the obvious.....) Is it the thrill of the act, like those well-heeled suburban shoplifters one hears about?
I did entertain the idea that she thought I'd abandoned the chocolate to its fate in the seat pocket.....nah.
Landice, oddly enough, she became very preoccupied with her book upon my return. Wish I'd thought of NEWEXP's idea.
I thought really, though, what is the objective for this person (aside from the obvious.....) Is it the thrill of the act, like those well-heeled suburban shoplifters one hears about?
I did entertain the idea that she thought I'd abandoned the chocolate to its fate in the seat pocket.....nah.
Apr 27, 2012, 9:15 pm
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Please, I must insist on accuracy. This was no mere bar, but a bag of chocolate candy meant to sustain me for not just an entire flight, but a trip. For strictly medicinal purposes only, I might add.
Landice, oddly enough, she became very preoccupied with her book upon my return. Wish I'd thought of NEWEXP's idea.
I thought really, though, what is the objective for this person (aside from the obvious.....) Is it the thrill of the act, like those well-heeled suburban shoplifters one hears about?
I did entertain the idea that she thought I'd abandoned the chocolate to its fate in the seat pocket.....nah.
Landice, oddly enough, she became very preoccupied with her book upon my return. Wish I'd thought of NEWEXP's idea.
I thought really, though, what is the objective for this person (aside from the obvious.....) Is it the thrill of the act, like those well-heeled suburban shoplifters one hears about?
I did entertain the idea that she thought I'd abandoned the chocolate to its fate in the seat pocket.....nah.
Apr 28, 2012, 12:48 am
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I think the only thing more infuriating about this "lady" ripping you off, is you not doing one thing about it. Even worse is your claim that your candy was medicinal, that just makes you look like more of a door mat than usual. Someone decides to steal something that is medicinal in value, you witness it and say absolutely nothing? Not one word? For the entire flight? Nothing? It is incomprehensible.
Gee, thanks for your input.
Apr 28, 2012, 4:21 am
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I think the only thing more infuriating about this "lady" ripping you off, is you not doing one thing about it. Even worse is your claim that your candy was medicinal, that just makes you look like more of a door mat than usual. Someone decides to steal something that is medicinal in value, you witness it and say absolutely nothing? Not one word? For the entire flight? Nothing? It is incomprehensible.
I think next time I'd have said something like, "Oh, thank you for being so thoughtful, it is true that chocolate could well melt in those dreadful seat pockets. But I think the best place for my candy is in the bag under my feet. Meanwhile, shall we share another round of MY candy?"
What the whole thing reminds me is that theft does occur in airplane cabins, and as outrageous as chocolate theft is, it could have been worse.